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Vitrified Silence: A Science Fiction Thriller of Ancient Secrets, Crystalline Power, and a Dynasty's Final Debt
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 2 2026
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.22 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
One family's secret is written in the stone. One man's mission is to erase it.
Elias Thorne is eighty-one years old and tired of running. For decades, the Thorne name has been anchored to a prehistoric secret buried deep beneath a New England valley-a sentient, crystalline Lattice that feeds on human memory and genetic resonance.
When a global syndicate known as The Client arrives to harvest the mountain's power for their own autonomous weapons, Elias must return to the ruins of his childhood. He finds a world transformed: the bricks of the old textile mill have turned to violet glass, the water in the sinkhole lake has become a sapphire lens, and a ghost from his past is waiting in the shadows with a final, desperate request.
To save his last remaining heir, Elias must bridge the gap between our world and the Lattice, facing a Resonance that threatens to turn his very bones into crystal.
From the high-stakes tactical extraction in the heart of a mountain to the quiet, salt-stained piers of the Maine coast, Vitrified Silence is a haunting journey of sacrifice, redemption, and the final accounting of a debt that can only be paid in light.
The stars are right where they belong. The account is closed. The silence is finally absolute.
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